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The title (Box 1) gives you an idea of what the article is about. The icon shown in Box 2 indicates what type of source the result is - academic journal, newspaper, etc. Publication information (Box 3) tells you when, where and by whom the article was published. The abstract (or summary) comes immediately after and gives more detail on what the article is about. Finally, subject terms (Box 4) tell you what major topics are discussed in the article.